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European Friday, 1952

In 1952 the unofficial Miss Europa pageant took place in Amsterdam, this is a unique event as this is the only time the pageant took place in our country. There were 10 girls that participated in


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80’s Saturday, the moment you win

Today just this lovely picture when Angela Visser heard that she is Miss Holland 1988. In the back, Debora Kiela, 2nd runner-up.


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European Friday, 1975

The Miss Europe pageant 1975 would at first be held in Lebanon. This was not for the first time the Miss Europe would be crowned outside of Europe. It was also not for the first time


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80’s Saturday, Miss Aktueel 1986

In the 80’s beauty pageants were quit populair in the Netherlands and the populair magazines also had their pageants, like: Miss Panorama and Miss Aktueel. Miss Aktueel was held 5 times and had several names like


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European Friday, 1957

The Netherlands participated, after world war 2, in beauty pageants since 1949 when Mary Jochemsen represented our country at the Miss Europe pageant. The first years Miss Holland wasn’t very successful at the international stage of


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80’s Saturday, Miss Grand Prix USA

The TT races are the biggest annual sports event in the Netherlands and the festival, which takes place over a whole week are visited by more than 200.000 people. In the 1980’s the races were at


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European Friday, 1976

Nanny van der Kuyl represented the Netherlands at some smaller pageants like Miss Teenage Intercontinental (nowadays Miss Intercontinental) 1975. Her sponsor was at that pageant Heineken, she was crowned Miss Heineken…… The national director for Nanny


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Pic of the Week

week 6 newspaper: de Telegraaf date: 07-08-1965 Anja Schuit, Because of her beauty, she travels all around the World


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80’s Saturday, Miss Limburg International 1986

The lovely and beautiful Angelique Erens participated in several national and local pageants. She participated in 1984 and in 1986 in the Miss Holland pageant and became 2nd runner-up in 1986. When she entered her first


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European Friday, 1978

Since 1951 there were two Miss Europe pageants. The so called official Miss Europe and the unofficial Miss Europa. The girls who won had on their sash: Miss Europa, Miss Europe and Miss Europe International. This


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